2014Adobe PDFSolar energy generates more than heat and light. It revs up the local economy, dials down greenhouse gases, and scales back utility costs for homes and businesses. This essential guide will help your community power up its solar energy plans. Whether you're clearing the way for solar panels on residential roofs or identifying the right location for a large-scale solar farm, Planning for Solar Energy sheds light on the issues you need to understand today.

Sunday, April 27, 2014, 6:00pmIf you are working in a small community (whether in size or in spirit), your recommendations are most likely to affect your neighbors, someone at your kid’s school, your church, someone from the youth sports association, and so on. Also, as a planner in a small community you are more likely to be short on resources that larger planning departments may take for granted but are still expected to produce the same quality work. This program will take a look at the crazy and sometimes scary world of planners and share some realistic tips for planners on dealing with your work-related situations ethically. Chad Nabity, AICP, and David r. Gattis, FAICP lead the 90 minute discussion on ethical planning and small towns. Includes dinner. Located at the Hard Rock Cafe, 215 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta. Hosted by Small Town and Rural Planning Division

Monday, April 28, 2014, 7:30amLeaders and advisors in the multi-state redevelopment after Superstorm or Hurricane Sandy provide an update and insight into this massive rebuilding effort. Henk Ovink is the senior advisor to Shaun Donovan, Secretary HUD, and chair Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force. Dale Morris is Senior Economist at the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington, DC, providing economic and political analyses of US macro-economic, fiscal and monetary policy, as well as US federal budget, tax and appropriations developments. Morris directs the Dutch Government's Water Management network in Louisiana, Florida and California, where the focus is on a broad array of “sustainability” topics such as flood protection, flood risk mitigation, coastal restoration, and water supply/conveyance. David Waggonner is a New Orleans architect who has been a principal in the development of the Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan.

2007PaperbackTen large builders build more than 20 percent of all homes in the United States. And those builders are changing the way land is developed, relying increasingly on planned unit development and master-planned communities. Is your ordinance equipped to handle the new generation of PUDs?